Some items in your account information are configurable. You can change the account name, configure a time zone, and set a default currency.
These changes can only be carried out if you have administrator rights (admin or super admin role) for the account.
These 3 customizations can be performed from the page Account/ General Information.
Account name
Timezone
Definition
A timezone is a geographic region within which the same standard time is used.
Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
All time zones are defined as offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), ranging from UTC−12:00 to UTC+14:00. The offsets are usually a whole number of hours, but a few zones are offset by an additional 30 or 45 minutes, such as in India, South Australia and Nepal.
Some areas of higher latitude use daylight saving time for about half of the year, typically by adding one hour to local time during spring and summer.
Source: wikipedia
AB Tasty is using the IANA database, which is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems.
Choosing a Timezone for your account
Each account has to be linked to a timezone. If your website is used in several countries or in a country that use several timezones (such as the United States of America), you’ll still need to select one reference timezone to set-up your account.
Main usage of the timezone
The chosen timezone will manage the timestamp for the following main use cases:
Information:
- Start date and hour of a campaign - appears in dashboards and reports
- Pause date and hour of a campaign - appears in dashboards and reports
- The dates and times at which visitors carried out actions on your site are recorded in the reports and displayed as a function of the configured timezone.
Actions:
- Scheduled start date and hour of a campaign - appears in dashboards and reports and triggers the campaign start action
- Scheduled pause date and hour of a campaign - appears in dashboards and reports and triggers the campaign stop action
In general, all the timestamps which are available and displayed into the platform are based on the offset of the selected timezone.
How to change the timezone
You need to select your chosen timezone in the dropdown and it will immediatly become your the default timezone of your account.